The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is bringing back the truck ban next week to go with the return of the metropolis to the general community quarantine (GCQ) status. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (Photo from MMDA Facebook page) "In view of the classification in the National Capital...
The number coding scheme will be reimposed in Makati City starting May 15 as the metropolis is placed under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) anew. In a Facebook post, the local government unit (LGU) of Makati City said the scheme will be reimplemented, except on weekends and holidays. “The...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) advised the public Friday, May 14, to continue following the mandatory health protocols even as the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus starts implementing a more relaxed general community quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions....
Metro Manila cities will maintain the 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew under the heightened General Community Quarantine (GCQ), Parañaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez said on Friday. In this photo taken on September 19, 2020, people wearing face shields queue up at a public market in Manila. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE...
President Duterte has placed the National Capital Region (NCR), Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions from May 15 to 31, 2021 following the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). President Duterte at the start of his...
Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano said he personally favors shifting his city to the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) when the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) status ends on May 14 but said he will abide by the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging...
Most Metro Manila mayors are in favor of shifting the National Capital Region (NCR) to a "strict" General Community Quarantine (GCQ) starting on May 15. Mayor Marcy Teodoro (Jel Santos / MANILA BULLETIN) The mayors, comprising the 16 cities and one municipality of the NCR said they want a "strict"...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Thursday that he is in favor of easing the quarantine status of Metro Manila to General Community Quarantine (GCQ) on May 15 from the more restrictive Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ). San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora (Photo from Mayor...
Makati Mayor Abby Binay said the Metro Manila Council (MMC) is “united in position” to gradually ease quarantine restrictions. (Photo by Jam STA ROSA / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) “I think we are united in a position na magiging gradual yung opening (for the opening to be gradual) and that...
An infectious disease expert said Wednesday, May 5, it is still premature to give in to National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Director General Karl Kendrick Chua’s proposal to place the National Capital Region (NCR)-plus under a less stringent community quarantine status this May....
The province of Ifugao is now also under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) along with the National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) bubble area and three other places in the country until May 14. File Photo by (Maria TAN / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made...
An epidemiologist said Monday, April 26, that the National Capital Region (NCR) is not yet ready to revert back to general community quarantine (GCQ) status. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a virtual Palace briefing, Dr. John Wong of Epimetrics Inc., bared indicators that will tell if the...
